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t f iirt".rt , 1"- TEE LONDON JOUItSALS , . DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE• !MORNING PAPERS' . • APRIL 17, 1826. •• ['py,e TIMES.] The bill entitled the Bank Charter Amendment bill, having -passed through . the . Lords, , was subjected to consideration in a Committee of the• Cornmeal on. Friday evening. In what shape it may Come out of the mill we know not, but we have no hesi. taton in exprerning our opinion, that as to its general constitu tion, it is a very absurd, useless, and impracticable measure; and we are sorry to see the waste of character to which the Howe of Cemmons subjects itself in labouring upon such nonesense. There be a general opinion, we find, that some awkward clauses have beilvistucl! into it, in another place, for the purpose of rendering the bill' . unintelligible or contradictory; and this may be true; but it ie also farther true, that the object which it affects to com pasJ is beyond the power of legislation. To prevent one class of men from becoming bankrupts, and another from falling into sudden terror for the safety of their money, which very terror occaeionnthe evil dreaded, is a Consummation trot even to be Itelled`foe. " Curiosity and dmibt," Gibbon says, " are the "`ertantf - firfitailants of the human mind to attain knowledge." A 31444 is also of the essence Of trade and commerce, that those isto are engaged in thern should be continually agitated by appre- Octagons and expectations; by hopes and fears; by uncertainties, risks, andnetsional losses. And if commercial:Or pecuniary af f4tra could be conducted on principles of absolute security, none but the incorrigibly dull would engage in them. It was certainly very witaral in Government, when the perplexities in the Money ilarket sprung up, of which its own extravagance had been the rant fundamental cause, to show great symptoms of bustle, inte rest, sympathy, and activity ; but being determined to afford no "initial relief by retrenchment and economy, it should have con tented itself with demonstrations, and not put the respectability of Parliament to the hazard, by involving it in measures which-most men are already treating with ridicule and contempt; and from Which; none expect any good except the present employment of certain legislators , who might otherwise, perhaps, be eng a g ed in riu)re mischievous work. The remedies now applying, in truth, toss no relation to the evil experienced. The firms ofenuntrybanks a vermin inseams! from London are to be enlarged beyond 0 5 _, number of six partners ; but it was foun d b y the ‘ll,ial 'retains, that ,the number of partners in few country baal amounted even 'to- the allowed number of six. The con templated provision, therefore, resembles the act of men who should greatly enlarge and deepen the channel of a river which bad never been know - , to reach its old banks. Another project bf the 4iroposed bill is, that the Bank of England shall establish tiratiaisbanks In different parts of the - country; but was it ever. known that the Bank of England was incompetent to convey its !"`4,' great or- nusahl, into any of the provinces where there . .be a demand for them? It is proposed also to, extend the Theastire to Scotland. We have no doubt that the Scotch Batiks ,sre rotten enough ; and we should say, " so let them re " prlin till their 'weak part; are discovered." But we really do not see why non.ensieal and absurd legislation should be confined to England. There is an homely proverb, which assigns the , :tine sauce to the goose and the gander. [NEW TIMES.] Among the Parliamentary Orders of the Day for this evening is the second reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill. This is one of the questions on which praictical men differ very widely in opinion; nor are we to be much surprised at their variance; for though the matter is' one of practice, yet, as the practice has hitherto been all on one side, what the effect of a change may be is mere speculation. We confess, that we approach the subject with - i‘certain prejudice against the repeal; because it was first re coznmendetl by Jeremy Bentham,' whose name, in our apprehension, • is synonymous with the most absolute perversion of intellect. Still, as there is only a right and a Wrong; it iipossible that, by some happy ac cident, even Bentham may have stumbled- upon the right; `:therefore we do not absolutely hold his argument for the repeal telaS demonstrative proof against it. Indeed, there are strong authorities in favour of such a measure: The Select Cortimittee of 1818, reported it Os their opinion that the Laws regttitting or restraining the rate of interest had been extensively evaded, .and hail failed of the effect of imposing a maximum on such rote; that during several years, from the constant excess of the market rate of interest above the rate limited by law, they added to the eipence incurred by borrowers on real security ; that such borrowers had been compelled to resort to the mode of granting annuities on lives, a 'mode which is often made .a cover for obtaining higher interest than the rate limited by law, and further '-subjetts the borrower to enormous charges, or sub jeet'S hiat to make very disadvantageous sales of his eeteths, ' :At .nie.t be observed, however, that these opinions of th? - •eommittee were not borne out by all the witnesses they exsteiried. , Mr. Rothschild stated his belief, thatthe repeal would be very injurious to tradesmen and smell manufacturers. Bills drain's- by auchTerinns, though extremely rare on the continent abound in this country, and become negociable with little diffi culty at the legal rate of Five per Cent. discount. Probably, in the event of a Repeal, advantage Would be takeraof the necessities of persons, by the Lender demmtding two or three times that ratISW interest. Mr. Preston, the eminent Conveyancer, said, that With respect to tins lauded interest, nothing Could be so in juci irs to have .the rate of interact without a limit;' the value • of land would fluctuate from ten to forty years' purchase, and oven mare. Mr. Samuelei urney also thought that if there ex imted no statute of as to interest, it would be the means of landed property changing hands More freqinettl y then it dues now; and that though athetitthe opulent and larger merebants,• and the Bankers in London, very little inconvenience might result from a Repeal: yeti tb the -Smaller merehantji, and the . smaller manufacturing' tosittifid,Where'tlie money - cireulation gnes,through the hands of a • fst+i"oilidieltivals, it would. give to those individuals a very greot-liewer, • 'Which • might he . injurious •to the commu nity, , -The great r and wimple ar,samient in favour of the repeal . i , S. - 11ret the dottier •in 'money should be at liberty,. like the . daakkriri crierevother article; to get the , best price he can for his iindthat in the came of money, 414 of every other ar . tiOlvtise ratio of supply and demand. will- eltimstely fix the fair prim. It may, however, he doubted whether, the analogy be-. twin money and commodities is perfectly correct; for money Ic Ontier", and the natural desire of the human mind for power emotes a &Mond for meal . , whieli mu:it always outstrip the sup ply. The leaders will-always let able to fuel borroivers, though ti, , : ..locraoweti , iney,not always fund lenders. .116wever beneficial au unlimited rte of interest may ultimately appear, there are pisatoroc*ito. think' its immediate effect would be , to depress all public securities, mad tncreate, itt least, a temporary Mania for lending anz private seebrity. Every man would become a usurer Alm usury- Was iso longer disgraceful t: and the same temptation oitfilgis tiltp4 %Weil • some time since 'made so many people sptsdite.in Spanish Bonk Pnyais Bonds, and Greek Scrip, vill 'task thorn 'lend their money to gamblers; cheats, ' and insolvents. Itia; save we stated a few of the leading opinions on both sides tias"iropoitant question, leaving it to the - reader to estimate ti;(4,ormaparative weight, and not prestoninx ourselves to decide betoveen the conflicting authorities. .. • •Ct • .. , , 'ipiestion of Parliamentary Reform has been so often- dis ci? , lia(' we e - have so repeatedly expressed our o wn o p inions `O4 tho iiigijea; . that we hesitated air to the expediency of ex .: yps thig to .it on the occasion of Mr. Abererombie's recent tioit to.alta and &Mood the Repreaentation of the City of LtlitOlargia; . It, i 3 quite, clear .that litd,principle of Parliamentary Rideau was involved in the proposition, and we cannot therefore view it in wry otherlight than air an: attempt to smuggle that rph into.Parlialrierit, eompressa.sl ituleoil as souiggled articles unisdly are int) its sinalliot possible dimensions. ' There is Horne ttittle ;perhaps, to admire in the courage and honesty of those who, thinking , that the state of• the representation of the whole v ii it o d Kingdom is vicious or defective, press more hilly upou Pacitusent the *necessity of some, gqiicral 'mil comprehensive ~ . a, m g , ; but' who cau applaud. the taste or understanding Which suggests a Ronny and. drivelling attempt t o nos ofl e the p u blic wind, and shake the foundations of . our whole dtktvientatir 6 firma) for - the .sake of some frivolous and local '„, / ,‘, l irdolent, and ,which urges the Legislature, to brave all the ig til ea tintP! , firicd dangers of turns6tritionnal innovatiso, ,by a: ii r noilivi Iota& it- ix root e'Ven pretended can produce any great . , ra i good. ,We disdahi upon this !whir& to listen to any or r'n ii ~, li i,,,i 3,...,144.41,444. of steak is die present state of the Represents tioii a F,jinborgli it is ellOugil Tor u 4 to know that it is as ii f,5.4-beico44lo awe , " the Period of the Union, to convince.us that tio4ct who woorpropo*, a &env, if they do not aim at the general ut ,„ r ibio lt v,ol..tlie, present .systeni of Representation), cannot he pool ': .. ~,,,f,,e' Aim . moo nntlerstanding; and that if they do aim at ii general "rSiange 'by such nieans, they cannot be possessed Onlitutt elaidotir.' :,. Redo thus to tho vecessity. ,of its 'nn' ~,...,„,,,„ :their undetsgandiug or! their eandonr, ,we. cannot :liksitito.tclultapftitt tattier alterriative. Af wa,slunld appear there fore in fie,ditcitsaing,on..‘ question .when thq advocates of the pro _„ , , posott measure cOnfrood theinselVes princiir'dlV. td tbe discussion' of inother, - vie .be; to observe,. that it wouhi not be our fault b ut theirs. We dhould insiopon . 0 the general. system of Represot t - ~ ~, it now exists—the principles upon which it is founded, and a•et : the prfetical effects it has produced; beanie these are consider ationsilupon which the whole WOW' 11:"theproposition depend; —they on the other hand insisted upon the small number of persona enjoying the elective, franchise in Edinburgh, the, tenure by which it held, and the number, wealth, good order, flatulent, and and learning of the inhabitants of the Northern, Me- tropolis--consideiations applicable _indeed to; the , feigned pur pose, but quite foreign to the real merits of the question.— The principle upon which the Representation of the United Kingdom is founded, is no t t hat every particular place or, ie d trict shall be represented by Members sent into the House of Commons by the express and immediate operation of its num bers, wealth, or learning, and in proportion thereto ; but that these and every other national interest—that these and every other element of social value,or importance, shall be adequately represented, in fact, by such , means as the Constitution has pro vided. We maintain that the Constitution has 'provided means which in practice conform to this principle, and fully accomplish this purpose. We appeal to the general prosperity and happiness of the country, to'its glory both in arts and arms, to its continued and unabated progress in domestic improvement, to the exalted and secure eminence of its rank amongst the nations of the world— to all of which Scotland has contributed her full quota of genius and patriotism, and industry, and from all of which she reaps in return her ample share of advantage—as an unanswerable and overwhelming proof that all the ends of good Government are substantially attained by our representative system as it now exists. This argument has been a thousand tildes adduced. The Reformers have never yet been able to answer it, and we are persuaded they never will. The case immediately under consideration affords,in deed a peculiar and most forcible illustration of the nature and ef ficacy of virtual representation. The man who goes to Scotland to inquire how the Members are sent into the House of Commons by her different counties and cities and boroughs, will probably return with the impression that she is very imperfectly or er roneously represented in the Imperial Parliament; but let the same 'man take his station in the Gallery of the House of Com mons, on any occasion when a question interesting to that part of the empire is to be discussed—he may shut his eyes, if he pleases, and abstain from any enquiry as to the name or country of any particular speaker; accents will certainly fall upon his ear quite sufficient to correct the opinion he had formed, and to con vince him that an infusion of Scotch interest had in some way or other been brought about, much stronger than any thing seen or heard in Scotland had indicated to him. [MORNING HERALD.] The debate in the House of Commons, on Thursday night, relative to the question at issue between the public and the Dean and .Chapter of Westminster, affords some curious vecimeus of that Parliamentary logic which is often used to perpetuate abuses. The Dean and Chapter having been ordered by the House, in compliance with a motion of Mr. Hume, to make a return of the fees exacted from visitors to see the Abbey and its monuments, that venerable body did make such return, but at the same time they made a reference to their charter, as the authority for levy ing those fees, and also indulged in certain comments, not very respectful towards the House, toi to the necessity of protecting their property against "aggression and encroachment." This sly imputation the House took as meekly as if it had never been exceedingly sensitive of its dignity on occasions where it had re ceived lees provoCation. Mr. Hume, not considering the informa tion furnished by the return satisfactory, moved, on Thursday, for the production of the charter of Elizabeth, under which, the Dean and Chapter, by their own showing, derived title to the disputed fees. What could be fairer than this? The Demand Chapter were either right or wrong in the con struction which they put upon their charter. If they were wrong, it was proper that the High Court of Parliament should, in A question between them and the nation at large, have en oportu nity of rectifying their mistake, and preventing the money of the King's subjects from being taken out of their pockets without authority by law. If they were right, then it was fair to give them an opportunity to prove their claim to the satisfaction of the nation by laying the documentary evidence before Parlia ment. Mr. Peel had agreed to the motion for the return of the fees, but he opposed that for the. production of the charter. This seemed a little inconsistent,- but the reason which he gave for it makes the .matter worse. He said, "it was ra ther a discouraging return for the readiness with which he had acquiesced in the former motion of the Honourable Member relutims to this subject, that he should follow it up by calling for documents," Really this is a very juvenile way of meeting a ques tion of public principle. Had he conceded to .Mr., Hume a matter of mere personal favour, he might be allowed to impute ingrati tude to him, who made no courteous acknowledgment of his kindness. But how could Mr. Hume imagine he owed the Hon. Secretary his personal thanks for what he gave him credit for conceding as a matter of public justice? If Mr. Peel believed it to .be improper to agree to the original motion for the return of the fees, he • was bound, on his own sense of rectitude and his obligation as a Member of Parliament, not to assent to it; but if he were of opinion that the motion was a proper and. necessary one, he was equally bound, by the most solemn considerations that can govern the human will, not to resist it. This lan guage of Mr. Peel. would lead . one to believe that lie regarded the duty of a British Senator as something that might be made a subject of compromise with any opposing Member of Par liament for the convenience of both parties. But be added that he opposed the production of the charter on the principle, that it was evidence of the title by which the Dean and Chapter held their property. Why, that was the very reason for its production. It could chew whether the Dean and Chapter had really a right to any and what fees, as part of that property which they claimed. The charge was, that they exacted fees to which they had no right ;—to chew Parliament that their charter authorised them to take those fees would be a triumphant answer to that charge, and it would be their interest as well as duty to furnish this proof. ~ Besides, when a question is agitated in Parliament or „any other court of inquiry, it is obvious that the fairest and shortest way of deciding it is to procure the best evi dence; and where the question is, the extent of authority con ferred by a charter, the best evidence is the production of the charter itself. 'The interpretation put upon an instrument by a party is never taken in a Court of Justice, where that in strument is in existence and can be inspected by the Court. Besides, in the present instance, the immemorial usage was contrary to the assertion of the Dean and Chapter; and what was to decide between the image on the one side; and the as sertion on the other, but the original document ? If indeed there were zertain funds appropriated by charter or grant for the support of the Minor Canons, and the Dean and Chapter divert ed thew 'funds from their original intention, and allowed fees to be taken from the public fur the ,maintenance of the Minor Ca. noes in lieu of the funds so misapplied, that body would have good reation,to throw all the obstacles they could in the way of the inspection of their documents; but in the same proportion ought 'Mr. Peel, as a salaried gnardian of the public interests, fi,vl. anxious that no pretence of right should be allowed to justify an usurpation. ... . . . , . , . . R E MARKABLE DAY.—Ttlis the anniversary 0 sir William I)avenant, the dramatist, 1668; Henry Woodward; the comedian, 1777; • and Dr. Benjamin Franklin, 1790, Yesterday was the anniversary of the deaths of George Villiers , Duke .of Ducking lam, 1668 ; and of 11uffon, the naturalist, 1778. 1 • m uanrs ,,—We have this day the disgreeable duty of record ing, 'that on Thursday last, a person of the name of Boyd was cruelly murdered on the road near Falkirk. Various rumours are afloat as to the circumstances under which the horrible event took place; but 33 we have not been able to procure such an authentic account as we could depend upon we must defer entering st present into all the particulars. It would appear that, on the day mentioned, which was the trysting fair-day of Falkirk, a dispute had taken place in the evening, between two country lade, regarding a young . woman. They, however separated soon after, and one of the men and the young woman proceeded about o'clock, homewards —and reached the road, a little to the 1 0 10 of Callenilor wood, nowise suspicious of an attack, for it was Clear day-light, ,and they bad met numerous parties on the road moving homewards like themselves. At the place men ' tioned, however, they saw the person from whom they had but a short time, befpre separated, come forward, accompanied by three others, who immediately attac ked the young man, and en deavoured to take, the girl from him. At this moment, a farm seriant -,the name of Boyd, along with his brother and several others, happtned to come up, and being called to, they lost no time in :giving their assistance. One of the fellows instanich tly Struck Boyd on the temple . with a larg e stone, wh brought him to ,the ground, and another of the party, not sa tisfied, with this act of violence, drew from his pocket A large clasp knife, with which he stabbed him four times in the abdo men, laying the unfuitunate man at his feet weltering in blood. , Medical aid was of no avail; for the wounds were so deep and severe, that the intestines , protruded, and the popr sufferer linger ed iu the utmost 'agony till, the.following evening, when be ex- . pited, surrounded by a sorrowing inether, a • wife, and three ,helpless children, f_ri kr. i 4) inhuman affair , have been.l of the individuals concerned in this odg.si iu our jail; 'and it is gratifying r for us. to bP enabled to, add, that there is reason to believe the per t :son : who committal the ,foul Heed is among the number. Boyd • . was a man about thirtY.years of age, and always considered quiet I ant i i no traniive.—(Stirling Journal.) Thd MURDER, &c. in . MARY-LE-BONNE. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. STIRLING and a Jury of respectable tradesmen, assembled ;it the Rose of Normandy public-house, in High-street, to hold an inquest on the bodies of Mr. Cooper, and that of h is murderer, ----- Pollard. The first witnessed examined was William Chapman, No. 57, High-street, surgeon. He was called on, about a quarter before eight o'clock, on Friday night, to attend the deceased, William Cooper. Witness went directly, and was informed that deceased had been removed over the way, to the house of Mr. Chadwick. Witness went there, and found the deceased lying on the floor, quite dead ; his clothes were covered with blood, but no wound was • visible ; witness cut his clothes down in front, and there discovered a wound on his left breast; it was an incised wound of a little more than an inch in length ; it passed obliquely for a short distimee under the skin, and then through the cartilaginous terminations of the ribs, and he had reason to imagine, from the instantaneous death that followed, that it had reached the heart. He was unable to speak positively that the wound had caused death: but he believed it had. The Coroner —Have you opened the body ?—Mr. Chapman— No, Sir. Coroner—Then how can you state he died from a wound in the heart? Mr. Chapman—l have not opened the body, and can only state from supposition that he died from a wound in the heart. Coroner—Have you opened the body?—Mr. Chipman.—No, Sir. Coroner—Then, Sir, let the body be opened, and commune nicate your opinion to us as soon as possible. The brother of , Mr. Cooper here rose, and said he objected to the body being opened. Coroner—Who are you, Sir? What are you, Sir? We can not be influenced by your objections. If we deem it necessary we must have the body opened. • One of the Jury said, they did not wish to digress the feelings of the family' of the deceased by having the body opened, and the Jury really did not consider there was any occasion to open the body. Coroner—Really, Gentlemen, I. cannot be put down in this manner, nor will I. If I think it necessary to have the body opened, it shall be done. A desultory conversation here ensued, in which the Jury ex pressed their unanimous opinion, that there was no occasion to open the body.--A message at this moment was brought from Mr. Griffiths, the Magistrate of Marylebone Office, stating that as the room in which the Jury were assembled wits very much crowded, he tendered the use of their room for that purpose. The Coroner immediately acceded to the proposal, and the Jury quitted the room; and having viewed the bodies, they re assembled in the Magistrates' Room, in the Police:Office. At half-past nine o'clock the examination of *itnessee recom menced. Mr. Chapman was again called, and said he had since examined the body and probed the wound; he had not opened the body, but lie had every reason to believe that the wound had occasioned death. He was not aware how the deceased, Mr. Cooper, came by the wound. Hewitt, the Chief Officer of Marylebone, here produced the knife, which had been in his possession since the murder was vommitted.—Mr. Chapman said it was such a knife as would have inflicted the wound.—(A shudder of horror pervaded the Jury as they examined the dreadful weapon, which was covered with blood.) George Jepp, of 23, Great Barlow-street, Marylebone. I am porter to Mr. Elsemore, of High-street. I was down in the kitchen of Mr. Elsemore's house, when Mrs. called me up to see what was the matter at Mr. Cooper's house. The first thing I saw was Mr. Cooper lying outside his own shop door, part in his own shop and partly on his area rails. I hastened into the shop, and saw a man Whom they said had committed the deed ; that man I was informed was Jame, Pollard. I went up to him and took hold of the back of neck by the left hand, and by his arm with my right hand; I brought him out, and the watch men wanted to take him into their custody. He then had not the knife in his hand. I said, " You are the man ?" He replied, " I am ;" and he added, " I em the man; but I shall be a dead man shortly ;" or, " I am a dead man." Mr. Cooper was wounded, and the blood was flowing from hitiltis lie lay on the ground. I did not observe any wound on the person of Pollard until he came into Grotto-passage; and, on ascending the first step leading to this Office, lie fell on the stone step,and would have fallen to the ground if I had not held him. Then 1 disco. vered he was wounded, and he was immediately taken to the In &Mary. He said nothing more to me than that he was a dead man, or that he should soon be a dead man. I saw neither Mrs. Cooper nor Mrs. Cooper's sister. He was in the dark part of the shop when I went in. He had not a knife.in hiashand.when I laid hold of limn., In answer to some questions put by the Jury, lie 5ai4107.40, no one else in the shop but Pollard. There were isurtlviiecha men at the door, but they seemed afraid to enter. Aim* tot The Coroner said, they were not inquiring into the catohysi the watchmen. If they had not done their dut y , it wasloctitos Watch Committee to call them to' account. lo , rite Mary Jones, the mother of Mrs. Cooper, .waisthen called, a dd said, I am a widow, residing in Mr. Cooper's house. ,At the time the last witness entered, I was behind the counter. Jepp could not see me, but I twas behind the counter looking for the knife which Pollard had thrown away at the time in question. Mr. Cooper's sister came to see him on account of being unwell. Pollard came to see after her. I told hint she was not there, and he would hardly believe it. He said he would return at seven o'clock. At that hour he Caine, and Mr. Cooper said, he should not come into his house, and Mr. Cooper's sister went into the passage to speak to him, What passed between them I do not know, but Mr. Cooper's sister returned ' into the parlour, followed by. Pollard, who then stabbed Mr. Cooper. Seeing me , he said, " I shan't hurt you," and he then stabbed himself in the side once or twice, and I said, ".will no one take this rascal." The deceased, Mr. Cooper, turned round and said, " Lord have mercy upon me!" he staggered to the shop door and there be fell; his nose was much cut by falling on the stone steps or railing. I did not hear the conversation at the shop door, but a little girl who overheard them, said they were quarreling. Mr. Cooper's sister must have been in the passage when the wound was inflicted. Mrs. Cooper was in the par lour, and she was stabbed in the shoulder and in the breast. I saw Pollard with the knife iu his hand, which was bloody up to the hilt. Mrs. Cooper hastened to the door to her husband, when she fell down exhausted. Mr. Cooper's sister was taken away, and dressed by a doctor, and I have not seen her since.-- [The poor woman wail much affected while giving her testimony, and particularly when the knife was shown to her.] William Thomas Cooper, the deceased's son, was then exa mined: lie said, I was sitting Beside the fire, in the parlour, in the company of my father and mother, who were talking to gether, when Pollard, who is acquainted with my aunt, came to ray father's ho4e, on Friday, evening, about half.past '7 o'clock. Pollard came through the shop zo the parlotir dotiv, and said h e wanted to see my aunt. My father said he should not come into the shop ; my aunt got up, said she would see him, and went into the passage and spoke to Pollard. After some time I heard the street door' shut, and Pollard came to the parlour door. My father got up, and told Pollard that he wanted to go out and .bring some of his things from hie door where they were ex hibited for sale. Pollard said lie should not go out unless he allowed him to come in. My father said he should nut come in, and Pollard then stabbed him in the, side with a large knife. Pollard then ran at me with the knife, evidently with an intention to stab me also : but I took up the poker and knocked the knife out of his hand. I think I also knocked his hat off, for I saw it lying on the ground. I then ran past Pol lard, and although he placed his foot against the door to prevent the front going out, I squeezed past him, got into the street, and went over to Mr. Chadwick, and requested him to' come to my -father's assistance. When I returned to the house, I found my father lying at the door dead. I did not hear any more words pass between Pollard and my father, further than my father say ing be should not come into the house, and Pollard saying he should not go. out, unless he allowed him to come in. lam now between thirteen awl fourteen years of age. I did not see Pollard strike my mother or my aunt, although I have heard they were wounded. Juror—You say you saw Pollard strike your father?--Yes, Sir. Jurist—Did you see Pollard stab your father?—yes, Sir I saw him plunge the knife into his breast. Juror—When Pollard made a blow at.. you, had he a knife in his hand?Qh ! yea, Sir ; and I believe he intended to stab me. Henry Parker, a lad fourteen years of age, said, I reside at No. 4, Mary-la-bonne Court. I was errand boy to Mr. Cooper. I was there when Pollard cause on Friday afternoon, and he in quired for Mr. Cooper's sister. The old lady (Mrs. Cooper's mother) told him she Was not at home, and he again called about half-past seven in the evening. I saw him come into the shop in the evening, and puss towards the parlour. Mr. Cooper said he should not enter his place. He th;n went into the passage, where be was joined by Mr. Cooper's sister, and they continued in con e versation far some time. I saw him go to the street door, and sharpen the knife on the step of the door, and he then returned it in to his breast. I hid behind the door, because I thought that Pollard intended to stab me ; I thought so, because I naW him exhibit the knife. Pollard scent to the parlour door, and Mr. Cooper got up, and said he wished to take in his goods ; but Pol lard said he should not go out unless he allowed him to come in. When Pollard came in, he said, " Where is Cooper," or "Wil liam Cooper?" I heard my master call out " Oh!" as if he had been hurt or distressed, and I then called the watchman. I did not hear my mistress cry out. The Coroner said, the facts seemed to be extremely clear. The man went to seek after Mr. Cooper's sister; not finding her at. home, he proposed to call again in the afternoon, which he did, and then he passed through the shop to the parlour door. Mr. Cooper wanted to go out to get in his goods, but Pollard said he should not, unless he admitted him in. The fellow then stabbed him in the side, and the son, who was the first witness examined,. very manfully knocked the knife out of his hand, and notwith standing Pollard placed his legs across the doorway, the youth made his escape, and hastened to procure a surgeon. The old lady proved that she saw Pollard come into the shop, and throw the knife across the counter. Several persons then entered the shop to secure Pollard, when he said, " I Jun the man-4 am the man who did it." There could be, therefore, no doubt, upon looking at the evidence, accompanied by the man's own admis sion, that he (Joseph Pollard) was the man who murdered Mr. Cooper. Mr. Wilmott, one of the Jury, said, they considered that the sister of Mr. Cooler ought to be brought before them, and exa mined. The Coroner said, he did not see any necessity for calling the woman. If they were examining witnesses for cutting and maiming the woman, they might then examine all the witnesses they could bring forward to substantiate that fact. Mr. Wilma said, it was remarkable that the woman did not cry out for assistance. By her not crying out, he thought she was privy to the transaction. The Coroner said, that the woman was herself wounded, and confined in the Infirmary, in a dangerous state, and could not be brought forward. T he imputation against her, now suggested, was in the highest degree absurd, and unfounded. The Jury consulted together, and then the Foreman said, they were desirous of having the sister of Mr. Cooper examined. Coroner: Why, good God, Gentlemen, if I thought she could be of any service to you, I would have her sent for, but I really do not see what she could prove. Who' could have stabbed Mr. Cooper but Pollard--could the son have stabbed him with the poker ? Here, then, you have the evidence of one person who saw him sharpen the knife, then return it into his breast ; and another saw him inquire for William Cooper; and when he did see the person for whom he inquired, he stabbed him to the heart, and for what?--merely because he said he should not come into his house. Why, any roan was justified in re fusing admittance to such a fellow; if he was not, no man's house would be his castle. There can be no doubt that this man, Joseph Pollard, did commit this murder, and, upon con sidering the evidence of the old lady, there can be no doubt that he stabbed himself; but there is no evidence to prove in what state of mind he was in at the time. The Jury again consulted together, and then said that they had no doubt that Pollard did kill Cooper; the only doubt they entertained was, whether Cooper's sister, on account of her not crying out, was a party to the transaction. Coroner Gentlemen, you must give the woman credit for any fear she might have experienced on the occasion. If you had the woman before you, and if it were proved that there exist ed the closest connexion between the woman and Pollard; and even supposing they had slept together the night previous could you ask the woman if she was a party to that transaction? If you did, I should tell her not to answer the question. The Jury once more consulted together, and the foreman said —" Our verdict is—that James Pollard did go with a malignant intention to Murder William Cooper."—A verdict of Wilful murder against James Pollard, was then recorded. The Inquest on the body of Pollard , was then postponed to-morrow (Tuesday), at one o'clock, and the Court then ad jot:rued, at a quarter before 12 o'clock. At the close of the Inquest, it was proposed by the Jury to raise a subscription to reward Jepp for his bold and manly con duct iu taking Pollard into custody. [FURTHER PARTICULARS. 3 Mrs. Cooper received four wounds. One in the left shoulder, near the joint, one behind the ear, which left the ear attached only by a piece of skin; the third on thesight side of the throat, which divided some of the superficial vessels, and is still attended with a good deal of tumefaction, from the effused blood ; the fourth wound is on the right arm, beginning near the wrist joint, and continuing nearly to the elbow, separating the integuments, and doing sonic injury to the muscles. This divided part, as well as the ear, have been adjusted by Mr. Chapman, the Sur geon in a ttendance, thereby giving it every chance of uniting. 41rs. Cooper h as b e e n made ac q uainted with the death of her band. She bo r e t he recital of sad intelligence with more r gnation than was expected, yet it was evident that it made a deep and heartfelt impression. Mr. Chapman, who attends her is, we are infbrmed, extremely apprehensive that her intel lects will suffer from the shock. She complains that appalling sights are ever present to her eyes, and that a circle of fire en compasses her. Every precaution that medical skill could suggest has been adopted by Mr. Chapman, to arrest the progress of these alarming symptoms. William Thomas Cooper, the youth who gave evidence on the Coroner's Inquest, on Saturday night, has since been seized with a fever, which is supposed to have arisen from the frightful im pression left upon his mind by the late catastrophe. Mrs. Bicknell still remains in the Infirmary. Her woundiare not considered dangerous, and it is expected that she will shortly be convalescent. Pollard's body was opened on Saturday night. The heart, as was expected, was not penetrated. The knife entered high up in the ribs about the situation of the heart and passed obliquely downwards through the diaphragm, and punctured the stomach. He died from hemorrhage. There was tievly a gal lon of coagulated blood found in the cavities of the chest and abdo men. The intercostal artery, we are informed, was not divided, as by some was imagined, when he plunged the knife between the - ribs. Some of the Medical Gentlemen, who have visited the Infir mary, have proposed taking a cast of Pollard's head, in order to submit it for phrenological observation. Mr. Chapman has asserted, that, in his opinion, Pollard made an attempt to plunge the knife into his heart, in the same manner as he did In that of Cooper ; but the knife touching on the honey part of the rib, instead of the cartilaginous, as in Cooper's coseilie was disappointed in his attempt, and then had recourse to the side. Mr. Chapman asserts ,this on account of an incision he had observed on the front of the chest. It is, therefore, evident that it was a premeditated attack on the heart both in Cooper's and in that of his own. Daaanrut. RlOT.—Yesterday another of those &graceful riots which have of late been so frequent among the lower class of the natives of Ireland in the metropolis, took place on the south side of Waterloo-bridge. The, parties were the Connaught men and Limerick men. The immediate scene of their violence, which lasted from eleven to four o'clock, and was the source of great terror and alarm in the neighbourhood, was Gloucester street, Francis-street, Oakley-street, the Westminster-road, &c. The cause of the contest we have not learnt, but in the course of the affray they walled the passengers, and beat and wounded them in a very serious manner. One young man, named Wil liams, was attacked by the champion of the Connaught men, who struck him on the back of the bead; the blow cut the skin, and laid the skull bare. He was then knocked do*n, and received a kick on the forehead. In this state be was conveyed to Mr. James, a surgeon in St. George's Circus, who dressed his wounds, and he was conveyed to Guy's Hospital. In the evening he was taken to his friend's house. A strong party of con stables went to put an end to the riot, and they at length suc ceeded in lodging sixteen of the ringleaders in the Surrey and Lambeth Watch-houses. A rescue was subsequently attempted ; but a reinforcement of officers, having arrived with loaded car bines, one of which was fired in the air to intiinidate the rioters, this had the desired effect, as they soon after dispersed. Messrs. FuLLEfts, brothers, pawnbrokers, Dig beth, Birmingham, about fifteen years• ago, missed a large quan tity of gold coin, amounting to six or seven - hundred pounds ; and after an ineffectual search in every probable place of concealment, con aude4 that. the property had been stolen. They have recently built themselves a new house, and in taking down that which they formerly inhabited, the lust treasure was discovered. COUNTRY MARKETS LAST W Wheat Barley O —.-- .. s.®s. s.®s. s.( b 2 3 1 53 64 29 35 22 Per Quarter. AI nwick Andover Ar undel Ashborue Aylesbury 70 ` -,.. :30 33 t; l 2 66 S 4 Si 56 66 32 35 64 68 34 37 50 66 10 . 35 N 4 60 34 39 i 4 -SO - 67 -- 391 Banbury Basingstoke Bland ford Bridgewater Bridpot t StiliB Bristol Bury St. Edmund's Cambridge Canterbury Cam lisle .53 .6u 33 36 60 64 :s2 40 59 33 56 iO3O 36 Is 40 11313 - Chard Chelmsford Chester field Colchester ifi 76138 441 44 70 32 36 36 3$ 630 34 ,8 68 30 34 1 6'6432 35 34 50 i_ Daventry Derby 67 70 28 38' 50 66 30 83 56 67 24 35 52 68 46 56 69 36 98 36 66 30 34 53 61 36 4o 60 - 76 39 35 64 75:8 8 9 58 66 si 38 58. 64 30.- 34 58 63 10 94 59. 70 94 33 rio b 8 97 31 56 65 31 35 33 63 32 37 54 .64 34 . 66 70 99 42 59 65 31 41 70 40 54 60 30 38 , 54 G 4 45 34 , 56 70 34 37 ,60 64 Si 36 , 59 60 32 34 , 76 49 35 , 40 61 49 31 ,59 —B5 Devlin Doncaster Dorchester Exeter Eye 143 47 1 4 ; 40 Giuucester Guildford Henley Hexhruu Horne Astir Hull Hungerford • Huntingdon Ipsw►ch Leeds Lewes Leicester Lincoln Loughborough Louth Lynn.. Maidstone Market Harborough Morpetb Newbury Newcastle Newport (lsle ut Wigh Northampton Nottingham • Norwich Plymout h Reading Romsey Salishttry Sandwich Sheffield Shepton Mallet Sherbot tie Stamford Sunderland .....•••• Swansea Taunton Truro Uppinghaus Uxbridge Wantage Warminster Winchester Wisbech Yarmouth 186 88* -- k...., -.a- i_ -~ 35 37 40 _ -: 40 s t ) 36 413 140 41 ,6 64 SO 35 —36 66 18 84 qs -- 40 57 74 99 35 54 60 30 34 50 64 98 36 44 70 30 3t. 54 64 27 98 60 64 •34 45 56 98 39 50 64 17 84 69 66 I- - ,i 4o 4i I- - I- - I-- ---- 3 6 44 42 ' 4 ...- -- -. '-' _ - ...- •:... 1- 68 62 61 , 3 6 oil -- 60 6e 34 38 60 84 82 37 53 7147 83 16 75 8 , 1 41 58 66 28 39 i 2 64 30 34 54 62 i 6 64 26 32 54 64 18 301 . 56 64 3i 40 .1- - -- 114 -- ,38 6'.* I.- --- Yeovil Yot k Pet Busl;e1 Birmingham Bodmin Buckingham Cheltenham Coventry Hereford... Newcastle ,(Staff.) Nortliallerton Oxford Pewit!, Penzance Shrewshury Stafford Warwick Worcester Per 13011 Bantardcastle Darlington Durham Stanhope Stockton Wolsingham , ).8.0 1-- ---- 3 91 4 61 .'.•r ....• El 9 5 6 8 - 5 9-8 10 11 7 9. 10 - 8 9 5 -' 7 I.••• , emo• i.- "" .... 1 i r bl— •••••• ......; 10 — 1; 0 10 —.. 6 s 9 4 5 1 7 ...- 5 ,—,.. i 45 2 - ; - 8 1 s 4 5 t i 4 ,G a 40..... ..r . 13 17 10 .16 17 10 . 13 16 8 .14 16 •- .13 15 - . 13 16 10 -1 6 'lto M I 18 6 Bto it 11 iti 0 6 7 9 10 .-- 10 10 7 1.- -.. 7 -r --, 7 ....,..... ...- 1 --- -"' Oats, I ---- I °11". 1,745 173 T 7 9 • • LiVERPOOI. CORN EXCHANGE. We had a fair supply of all descriptions of Grain the past week, but it did not meet with anxious buyers; and since this day se'nnight, there has been a gradual reduction in t he p rice of Wheat and Oats. .llalting Barley and Malt have also partaken of it. This day's ma rket was but indifferently at tended, and very little business w as done, although ‘Vheat was offering 4d. per bushel beneath o ur last quotat i ons , Oats id. to Id., M a lting Barley and Malt at 3d. Few samples of' Beans were sale. Te holders asked Is. per quarter m ore for them. on Flour was h Is,. per sack lower. The price of Oatmeal underwent no char * • Wheat, Eiiglisb,ol,* ...... 9s Gd a 10s 0.1 per 7olbs. ;New 9+ 9 d a 10s ad Ditto sound us Od a as ad Scotch, New 9s fid a 9S 94 Canada (free) ss 64 a as Sd Foreign (free) as ad a as ad Irish, Old Ss 6tl a $s 9d • Barley, Foltea E n glish, itgo N Nn,( t e( o ) w wfir l de d e 1 . ..... .. 9 0454 0! ' 0 3,00 : t i ddii i i ii I t a t tar, 0 9 4460 0 4 63 4 4 dd per pe r Imperial. 6b New Irish', Old Stotch,Old Os Od a Os 04 New e a d d per 45110: . New Limerick, Old New . • Welsh, Potato, New Ss 5d a as 6d Foreign (free) Us Od a OF Od Malt, Fine Bs Od a 7s ad per Imperial , Ditto, middling, 6s 9d a 7s od B ea us, Old . New 43s Od a 47s Od 0 a 011 a :its od ' New ser 980 1 bs. Stiperfine Flour, Old —$ Oda — .4 O d p O a tmeal, Old . —, m i a ....-R oti per , 2401b5. New sis oil a Sas Od American Flour sweet, (in bond) sal nil a sils d p er b ar rel of 1961h5. , net.—Sotir, (ont of bond), 90s O a 325. I Import of Grain for the Week endi ng April 3. ' r'lit . Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. Floor. Sacks Ih 13usli.701h Bush.6olh I 8u5h.4611) For. Brls per WI" 58,230 15,150 73,160 9 478 Packs of Oatmeal, per V 4 BIRTH. of At Dee-street, Aberdeen, on the sth instant, the 14 0 1 Capt. John Shepherd, of the Hon. Company's Service, of a s°"" MARRIED. In Paris, by Bishop Luscomhe, at the house of the Britigh Ambassador, Edward Wakefield, Esq., to Frances, onTY daughter of the Rev. D. Davies, D.D. On Saturday, the 15th instant, Mr . K na gg s, of LaUrenCe Poultney-lane, to Miss Lawford. of the. Para on, Blackheat h, On the 10th instant, at Northfleet church, James Selby. EA' to Miss Murrell, daughter of Edward Murrell, Esq., of Pe tr y street, Northfleet, Kent.. DIE. On Friday last, the 14th instant D , at Witham, in Essex, `lane Grant, aged 21, daughter of Ali. James Grant, of Cheapside.,,, On Friday afternoon, Sarah Franklin, wife of William Fro,T;r ov fin, of Tavistock.court, Cent-garden, and youngest dor of the late John Davenport, of Bedford-street, Strand. 0, On Friday, the 14th instant, at his hou se at Newington-gre Mr. Francis David de la haumee. At Diamond Harbour, C in 'Ben tt gal. on the 7th of Nove,, ll l, last, Mr. Joshua Hayworth, second officer, of the Han' in pany's ship Marquis of Wellington , who was drowned, 0 •p execution of his duty, alongside the Hon. CompanY s Alinerva. ,-, „as. On the 13th of Janttary_last, on board the shit" l'' ) li i itlC while on a voyage to Jamaica, Lieutenant-Colonel ..,b, i H an oy e a r r s d . Dnvinnond of Eclty, late of the 72d, or AlbanY lilb /ifflY' On Friday the 14th insii: at her house in Stanhope4treca lei„bia fair, in the Nth year of here ge, the Right Hon. l'hil 0 , r. n a , Hannah, relict of the late Thomas Viscount Ciernorne ' Baron Danny, of the Kingdom of . Ireland. . Printed and Published for t he PROFILitTOIIS "g ti • Orr t cE, No. 112, Strand , by J . LI. 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